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Bird's-Eye View of Sauk City

Date: 1870
Description: Sauk City is the oldest incorporated village in Wisconsin (incorporated in 1854) and also has the oldest organized volunteer fire department in the state, ...
Photograph

Wisconsin River Shoreline

Date: 1880
Description: Elevated view of the Wisconsin River shoreline, showing lumber rafts "tied up over Sunday."
Photograph

Wisconsin Heights, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1896
Description: Elevated view. Caption on negative sleeve reads: "Black Hawk Battlefield. Wis. Heights. 'Looking it of west across river' [sic] c. 1896. Mrs. Charle...
Photograph

Bridge at Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1925
Description: View down center of the Wisconsin River bridge.
Postcard

Bridge

Date: 1925
Description: View across water along the right side of the Sauk City bridge, erected in 1922 to replace an old toll bridge. tree-covered hills are on the opposite shore...
Postcard

Bridge, Sauk City, Wisconsin

Date: 1910
Description: View from below along the left side of the Wisconsin River bridge. Tree-covered hills are on the opposite shoreline. Caption reads: "Wisconsin River Bridge...
Photograph

Wagon Toll Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: Wagon toll bridge. There is a building on the left, and a man is sitting on a bench on the right side of the road leading onto the bridge.
Photograph

Power Plant and Dam

Date: 1922
Description: Elevated view of the power plant and dam on the Wisconsin River. Two workers are walking near the center. On the opposite shoreline are fields and tree-cov...
Photograph

Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: A view from shoreline below a bridge that crosses the Wisconsin River. There are two signs on the upper level of the bridge. One is for weight limit and th...
Photograph

Picnicking by the Shore

Date: 1905
Description: Picnicking group of men and women along the shore of the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

Ferry Bluff

Date: 11 2013
Description: View down a small dirt path lined with grasses and trees along Ferry Bluff State Natural Area. To the left is Honey Creek leading to the Wisconsin River.
Photograph

On the Railroad Trestle

Date: 06 2014
Description: View through chain-link fence towards the railroad trestle that spans the Wisconsin River, worn with age, and split apart in the middle. There is a padlock...
Photograph

Sauk City Panorama

Date: 
Description: Sepia-toned elevated panorama, built from four separate photographs, of Sauk City. The Wisconsin River is in the background, with large hills on the other ...
Photograph

Construction on River Bridge

Date: 1909
Description: Elevated view of a work train on railroad tracks on a railroad bridge, over a river, that is under construction. Several workmen are standing and posing on...
Postcard

Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 1908
Description: Text handwritten on right: "Wis. River Bridge, Sauk City, Wis." A view straight through the bridge girders to the opposite side. Signs can be seen on the o...
Postcard

Sauk City, Wis.

Date: 05 10 1907
Description: Written faintly along bottom: "Sauk Toll Bridge". The view is along the side of the bridge, with buildings and trees on both sides in the foreground. A man...
Postcard

Approach to Wisconsin River Bridge

Date: 12 06 1932
Description: Text on front reads: "Approach to Wisconsin River Bridge - Sauk City, Wis." The view is straight across to the opposite side. Trees and hills are on the fa...

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